Quinn Sullivan has a chance to the upper left. Quinn Sullivan 1v1 and end-to-end action. It's really Quinn over to Cavan, one-touch, SCORES! Just like they're playing in the backyard or down the basement! Quinn feathers it to Cavan, and there's a three-spot tonight!
That’s what radio play-by-play announcer Dave Leno shouted in the 58th minute of his broadcast of the Union’s dominant 4-1 win against Toronto FC on Decision Day.
It was a call he’d long anticipated making.
Quinn and Cavan Sullivan, the Union’s pair of brothers born and raised in Northeast Philadelphia, had waited even longer to bring it to life.
On Saturday, November 7th, the final regular season matchday of 2026, Quinn assisted his Cavan for the first time since the Homegrown duo started playing together on the Major League Soccer stage.
Once the now 17-year-old Cavan earned a starting role when interim Head Coach Ryan Richter, a Bucks County native, took over at the helm this summer, and Quinn simultaneously made his return from an ACL injury suffered in September 2025, it was only a matter of time before the playmaking duo connected for a goal.
When that moment finally came, it was, in the words of Quinn, storybook.
“That's what the family's been waiting for and what I think the crowd's been waiting for,” Cavan said. “So to get it on the last day, matchday 34 – a little too late – but it means all the same.”
“I was just hoping he didn't sky it,” Quinn laughed in response. “But nothing like waiting until the last moment to do it. 34th game, it finally happened.”
The goal was scored early in the second half, but the ‘Sullivan Show’ started well before then.
Quinn hit the back of the net 11 minutes into the match, nearly the perfect homage to #11 Ale Bedoya, who was recognized and celebrated on the pitch before first kick on his last regular season home match before retirement. However, effort was ruled ultimately ruled offsides after a VAR check.
It was Cavan who opened scoring, placing a shot past Toronto’s keeper William Yarbrough in the 28th minute, off a pass from Indiana Vassilev dribbling out of trouble. Quinn earned the secondary assist on the goal.
Quinn still got his own, though, calmly powering a shot from the penalty spot in the 41st minute.
With goals from them both, they became just the third pair of brothers in MLS history to score in the same regular-season match.
At the end of the match, it was 4-1 Union, with Bruno Damiani placing another penalty to score for Philly’s fourth.
As per postgame tradition at Subaru Park, supporters in the River End were tasked with naming their ‘Man of the Match’, but opted for two.
The day’s festivities culminated with Cavan, the youngest on the team, and Bedoya, the oldest taking turns striking the drum – a passing of the torch, of sorts, as the longtime captain is set to hang up the boots at the end of the 2026 season.
“He means a lot to me. His support ever since I came in when I was 14 has been tremendous. Through my personal ups and downs, he's just been there for me and kept me going,” Cavan said of Bedoya.
In his sixth year on the Union’s first team, Quinn has never known life on the MLS stage without Bedoya his captain.
“Words really can't describe it. He's a legend. I'm surprised we don't have his name up on the Ring of Honor yet, but super special career. He's done so much and defied a lot of odds and turned this city around into a soccer town,” Quinn said.
“So huge credit to him. He's been a leader, even when I was 16 all the way up until now, sending me texts, coaching me, correcting me. His career is is one to be admired for sure.”
Next up for the star-powered Sullivans is their first playoff run together. Quinn’s been part of the postseason before, appearing three times with one start in the team’s run to the Conference Semifinals in 2023.
This will be Cavan’s first with a significant role – he played late shifts for 15 minutes total in last year’s postseason campaign following their Supporters’ Shield-winning regular season.
This time around, he’s a starter, and eager for the challenge.
“My first real playoff experience, so I'm just, I'm just super excited to do it by [Quinn’s] side and hopefully make more memories like tonight, “ Cavan said.
“It's super special playing together,” Quinn echoed. We've been waiting a long time to really get the consistent minutes on the field together, and I think tonight's an example of what we can do. Showed the world the Sullivan connection that the fans wanted to see, and I think a lot of other people as well.”
